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The panicked Israeli ambassador’s outburst against J Street - opinion

Netanyahu and his coalition partners have decisively chosen a path that goes against the mostly liberal US Jews.

ISRAELI AMBASSADOR to the US Yechiel Leiter in the Oval Office seen at the White House in April 2026.
Israel's Ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, listens during a meeting with US President Donald Trump, Lebanon's Ambassador to the US, Nada Hamadeh Moawad, and Leiter, at the White House in Washington, DC on April 23, 2026.

Hundreds of Jewish leaders call on Israeli ambassador to apologize for attack on J Street

Yechiel Leiter, Israel's ambassador to the US departs from the US Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, June 25, 2025

Leiter’s blunt accuracy may be undiplomatic, but his criticism is valid - editorial

Israel's Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter the President residence in Jerusalem, February 16, 2025.

Leiter says J Street is 'cancer of the Jewish community' over org's Israel arms stance


The majority of US Jews love Israel, just not Netanyahu - opinion

There will always be anti-Israel fringes in the Democratic Party, but they are a small minority in the party.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington, last month. For a majority of US Jews, supporting Israel now means opposing its government, the writer argues.

Israel, Gaza, and Josh Shapiro: What to watch for during the Democratic National Convention

The pro-Palestinian demonstrations planned for the DNC are a sharp contrast to those that took place during the Republican convention.

Workers construct a mural of Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris outside of the United Center, Chicago, Aug. 16, 2024.

J Street endorses Harris: ‘Netanyahu shouldn’t have been given honor of addressing Congress'

J Street’s president, Jeremy Ben-Ami, called Harris a “longtime friend of J Street” and a leading voice in the administration.

 VICE PRESIDENT Kamala Harris speaks during the opening of the Biden for President campaign office in Wilmington, Delaware.

Israeli gov't ties to European far-right is unsettling - opinion

Today, extremist right-wing parties in Europe, born out of European fascism and from the heart of antisemitism, have transformed into the Israeli government’s European “natural partners.”

 HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER Viktor Orbán attends a news conference in Budapest, earlier this month.

Chuck Schumer is right - opinion

In the face of the horrors of Hamas that have strengthened the identification of Jews all over the world with Israel, Netanyahu and his partners are doing everything to keep our loved ones away.

 BENJAMIN NETANYAHU waves to well-wishers Tuesday night at his campaign victory celebration.

J Street drops Jamaal Bowman endorsement, saying his rhetoric ‘crossed a line’

Ben-Ami cited the use of the term “genocide”, which Bowman has used multiple times in the months since the war began, as a breaking point.

 Democratic congressional nominee Jamaal Bowman delivers remarks in tribute to congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis during an event to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the death of Eric Garner at the National Action Network House of Justice in New York City, July 18, 2020.

J Street calls for 'negotiated stop to the fighting' in Gaza

The statement avoided use of the word "ceasefire," and it was not clear what plan of action the organization was supporting.

J Street chief Jeremy Ben-Ami

Letters to the Editor, December 27, 2023: Exclusive environment

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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Letters to the Editor, November 27, 2023: Peace and stability

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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J Street avoids talking sense in order to preserve its politics - opinion

The most prominent forces on the Palestinian Arab scene, and the most prominent supporters of the Palestinian cause, have gone completely off script, doing and saying what they really think.

 People attend a demonstration in support of Gaza and Palestinians, organised by the Palestine Committee, near the Royal Palace and the building of the Norwegian parliament, Stortinget, in Oslo, Norway, November 4, 2023.